Ch. 13 Vocab Flashcards

1
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Legally adding land area to a city in the US

A

Annexation

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2
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An area delineated by the US Bureau of the Census for which statistics are published; in urbanized areas, census tracts corresponds roughly to neighborhoods

A

Census tract

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3
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The area of a cit where retail and office activities are clustered

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Central business district (CBD)

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4
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An urban settlement that has been legally incorporated into an independent, self-governing unit

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City

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5
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In the US, two or more contiguous core based statistical areas tied together by commuting patterns

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Core based statistical area (CBSA)

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6
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A cooperative agency consisting of representatives of local governments in a metropolitan area in the US

A

Council of government

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7
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The change in density in an urban area from the center to the periphery

A

Density gradient

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8
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A large node of office and retail activities on the edge of an urban area

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Edge City

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9
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A process of change in the use of a house, form single-family owner occupancy to abandonment

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Filtering

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10
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A process of converting an urban neighborhood from a predominantly low-income, renter-occupied area to a predominantly middle-class, owner occupied area

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Gentrification

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11
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A ring of land maintained as parks, agriculture, or other types of open space to limit the spiral of an urban area

A

Greenbelt

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12
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In the US, a central city of at least 50,000 population, the county within which the city is located and adjacent counties meeting one of several tests indicating a functional connection to the central city

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Metropolitan statistical area (MSA)

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13
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An urbanized area of between 10,000 and 50,000 inhabitants, the country in which it is found, and adjacent counties tied to the city

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Micropolitan statistical area

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14
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A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a collection of nodes of activities

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Multiple nuclei model

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15
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A model of NA urban areas consisting of an inner city surrounded by large suburban residential and business areas tied together by a beltway or ring road

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Peripheral model

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16
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In the US, all of the combined statistical areas plus all of the the remaining metropolitan statistical areas and micropolitan statistical areas

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Primary census statistical area (PCSA)

17
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Housing owned by the government; in the US, it is rented to residents with low incomes, and the rents are set at 30% of the families’ incomes

A

Public housing

18
Q

A process by which banks draw lines on a map and refuse to lend money to purchase or improve property within the boundaries

A

Redlining

19
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The four consecutive 15-minute periods i the morning and evening with the heaviest volumes of traffic

A

Rush hour

20
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A model of the internal structure of cities in high social groups are arranged around a series of sectors, or wedges, radiating out from the central business district (CBD)

A

Sector model

21
Q

Legislation and regulations to limit suburban sprawl and preserve farmland

A

Smart growth

22
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Statistical analysis used to identify where people of similar living standards, ethnic background, and life style live within an urban area

A

Social area analysis

23
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Development of new housing sites at relatively low density and at locations that are not contiguous to the existing built-up area

A

Sprawl

24
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An area within a city in a less developed country in which people illegally establish residences on land they do not own or rent and erect homemade structures

A

Squatter settlement

25
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A group in society prevented from participating in the material benefits of a more developed society because of a variety of social

A

Underclass

26
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Program in which cities identify blighted inner-city neighborhoods, acquire the properties from private owners, relocate the residents and businesses, clear the site, build new roads and utilities, and turn the land over to private developers

A

Urban renewal

27
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In the US, a central city plus its contiguous built-up suburbs

A

Urbanized area

28
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A law that limits the permitted uses of land and maximum density of development in a community

A

Zoning ordinance

29
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In the US, two or more contiguous core based statistical areas tied together by commuting patterns

A

Combined statistical area (CSA)

30
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A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are spatially arranged in a series of rings

A

Concentric zone model